format PE CONSOLE 4.0 
entry start 

        include 'win32a.inc'  

section ".code" code readable writeable executable

start:
        ; Stash default stack pointers
        mov [SYSTEM_EBP], ebp
        mov [SYSTEM_ESP], esp

        ; Substitute new stack pointers
        lea ebp, [stack_top-4]
        lea esp, [stack_top-8]

        ; Attempt C call (1)
        cinvoke printf, PFORMAT, test_string    ;THIS DOES *NOT* PRINT

        ; Return stack pointers to default
        mov ebp, [SYSTEM_EBP]
        mov esp, [SYSTEM_ESP]

        ; Attempt C call (2)
        cinvoke printf, PFORMAT, test_string2   ;THIS PRINTS OK

        ; Wait and exit
        cinvoke getchar 
        invoke ExitProcess,0 


section '.data' data readable writeable

PFORMAT         db "%s",0
test_string     db "I'm using the NEW stack!",13,10,0
test_string2    db "I'm using the OLD stack!",13,10,0

SYSTEM_EBP      dd 0
SYSTEM_ESP      dd 0

a_stack         dd 4096 dup 0 
stack_top:


section '.idata' import data readable writeable   

library kernel32,'kernel32.dll',\   
        msvcrt,'msvcrt.dll'   

 import kernel32,\   
        ExitProcess,'ExitProcess'   

 import msvcrt,\   
        getchar,'getchar',\   
        printf,'printf' 
    

how does one allocate a 'stack page' from the system?

sub esp,4092 ;but not more. Since we need to activate the page guard exception
push eax
;and repeat until you have the desired stack space    

test_string2    db "I'm using the OLD stack!",13,10,0
                align 4; here goes the important part 
SYSTEM_EBP      dd 0